coffers

Example Sentences

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Since last year, when the RSF overran parts of Darfur and Kordofan, the militia has commandeered the gum trade, integrating it into its smuggling empire and further starving government coffers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

That money typically comes from candidates’ campaign coffers, Blank noted.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

The growing ranks of the affluent fuel the area’s economy with avid consumption and fuller tax coffers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The first relates to funding challenges — higher returns would have meant that those benefits would have earned far more money, thereby keeping the coffers healthy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

As in cultural and philanthropic institutions from San Francisco to New York City, the old money has made room at the table for the new money to replenish the coffers.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times